The NFL started over the weekend, so that means that no one is paying attention to baseball anymore apart from us obsessives. Here’s the stuff the obsessives obsessed about:
- Jeremy Affeldt made $4.5 million this year and yet he can’t buy fresh beef?
- And really, Pete Orr should stay away from sausage.
- John Lackey is unsafe at any speed.
- Kevin Youkilis is falling apart.
- Jeff Francoeur, though, he’s all aces.
- Rod Allen could have done worse than call little people “midgets.” He could have worked in some references to the lollipop guild.
- How you know the Giants’ season is over.
- One of the Killer Bs has been called up. No, not Jim Brunzell.
- Jake Peavy may be providing evidence that — as crazy as it sounds — having a major muscle ripped from its moorings and then surgically re-attached is not conducive to pitching success.
- Pirates GM Neal Huntington has a new contract.
- Major League Baseball’s 9/11 moto: just forget it.
Let’s get into this week. A week in which we may actually have some wild card races heating up and stuff. How about that?
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- tacklemeelmo - Sep 12, 2011 at 9:50 AM
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Ok so there were no stories about the Phillies.. How can I do my best Chris Fiorentino or whatever it is and make the comments about nothing but the Phillies.
Oh I know. Heard Cliff Lee spent Saturday night playing poker at a casino in Wisconsin. Maybe Bud Selig should give him a call.
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- heyblueyoustink - Sep 12, 2011 at 9:56 AM
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How could you not know who Pete Orr is?!?! Heresy I say.
By the by, if there’s such a thing as fan interference, when do we start cracking down on sausage interference?
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- Jonny 5 - Sep 12, 2011 at 10:03 AM
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Sausage interference is a serious problem in today’s society. At the bar just the other night………..
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- proudlycanadian - Sep 12, 2011 at 10:08 AM
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Pete Orr is a fine Canadian. The inhuman treatment of Pete is a disgrace.
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- heyblueyoustink - Sep 12, 2011 at 10:32 AM
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“Sausage interference is a serious problem in today’s society. At the bar just the other night………..”
You ran into Jack Burton and his buddy Wang?
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- jgraening - Sep 12, 2011 at 10:15 AM
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So if it wasn’t Jim Brunzell, it has to be B. Brian Blair, right? Gotta love old-school wrestling references.
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- bobwsc - Sep 12, 2011 at 3:43 PM
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now if a team would just adopt the bumble-bee themed uniforms, complete with masks.
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- uuddlrlrbastart - Sep 12, 2011 at 6:50 PM
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As soon as I saw that I thought “Wait, Jumping Jim Brunzell?” And then my brain confirmed, yes, he was, in fact, Jumping.
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- cur68 - Sep 12, 2011 at 11:11 AM
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I certainly hope there will be some mention of Posada catching over the weekend. Not only because Posada was catching a live game in a meaningful race, but he also threw out a guy @ 2nd (no, not another catcher) and a Canadian was hurt. The series of events that culminated in Grumpy being allowed into a game wearing his full catching suite with permission to play shouldn’t go unremarked IMO.
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- jimbo1949 - Sep 12, 2011 at 12:25 PM
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Russell Nathan Jeanson Coltrane Martin, Jr was missed. Posadamonteroromine was his replacement. Get back soon.
